1899] Bird Notes. 145 



NvciEA NYCTEA. Snowy Owl. 



SuRNiA V. (Ai'AKOCH. American Hawk Owl. Rare. 

 Gi.AUCiDiUM GNOMA cAi.iKORMcuM. Pigmy Owl. CommoD. 

 Cery],f. alcyon. Belted King-fisher. Quite a number stay all winter. 

 Ceophlceus pileatus. Pileated Woud-pecker. Tolerably common. 

 Dryobates v. leucomelas. Northern Hairy Woodpecker. 



" p. ORC<ECUS. Batchelder's Woodpecker. 



Both common. 

 Xenopicus Ai.BOLARVATUS. White Headed Woodpecker. I heard of tliis species 



Ijut never came across it. 

 PicoiDES ARCTicus. Arctic 3-toed Woodpecker. Common in suitable localities. 

 COLAPTES CAFER. Red-shafted Flicker. Fairly common during winter months. 

 Otocorissp? Horned Lark. On January loth, '98, I saw a flock of shorelarks, 



most probaijly merrillii, but they may have been itiigata as both species occur 



and are common, the latter only on migrations, but the former breeds. 

 Pica hudsonica. American Magpie. Abundant. 

 Cyanocetta s. annectens. Black Headed Jay. Common. 

 Perisoreus c. capitalis. Rocky Mt. Jay. Common at high elevations. 

 CORVUS c. prinxipalis Northern Raven. Tolerably cjmmon. 

 CORVUS americani's hesperis. California Crow. A few crows stay around the 



towns, but the bulk leave rather early in the fall. 

 PiClCORVUS COLUMBIANUS. Clarke's Nutcracker. Common during winter of 



'97-98, but entirely absent the next winter. Many remained to breed m '98 and 



they also bred in '97 ; they lay in February. 

 Acelai vs ph. sonoriensis. Sonoran Redwing. 

 ScOLECOPHAGUS CYANOCEPHALUS. Brewer's Blackbird. 



A few of both the above species of Blackbirds remain throughout the winter. 

 SrURNELLA NEGLECTA. Western Meadow Lark. A number remain about the 



stacks and barnyards. 

 CoccOTHRAUSTES VESP. MONTANUS. Western Evening (Grosbeak. Tolerably 



common. 



PiNicoi.A E. CANADENSIS. Pine Grosbeak. Scarce during winter of '97-98, but 



common during '98-99. Breeds. 

 LoxiA c. MINOR. American Crossbill. Abundant during winter of '9798, but 



apparently entirely absent the next season. I never positively identified the 



white-winged Crossbil!, but I have no doubt it occurs as I have taken it west of 



the Ca>cades. 

 Leucosticte tephrocotis. Gray-crowned Leucosticte. A large flock seen once 



or twice in mountains to west of Okanagan Lake : these may have been 



littoralis as I have taken both species in lower Fraser River Valley. 

 ACANTHIS I.INARIA. Redpoll. Common during both winters I spent in the 



district. I saw nothing of ^a,7/z))<?.f, though I kepi a good look out for it and 



have taken it nearer the coast. 

 Spinus TRISTIS. American Goldfinch. Common during early part of winter of 



'97-9S ; never seen since. This is probably the western form. 



RARYls. 



